I saw this convention advertised for London earlier this year. If not for Covid, I probably would have gone. Is it too much to hope for us to either be past Covid or have it down to a manageable level…
I’m looking forward to this documentary, which previewed earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival and will roll out in the US in September. Its too much to hope that it will be at a drive in, so I…
7/29/22 In one of the interviews included in, “Bowie on Bowie,” Bowie reflected that the entire Glam Rock movement— which he said was not a movement— consisted of himself, T-Rex and Roxy Music. He acknowledged imitators, who he did not…
See separate entries for 7/29-31 7/28/22 Something of an inside joke among people who read reviews of Bowie albums, at least during his life after The mid-80s, is that whatever happened to be his latest album was, “the best…
I previously mentioned that the only time I can tell that Bowie did anything with Paul McCartney was at the Live Aid concert in 1985. Bowie’s performance was very strong, though it contained only four songs— “TVC15;” “Rebel Rebel;” “Modern…
“Heroes” is one of Bowie’s most covered songs. Not unlike Springsteen’s, “Born in the USA,” the song is sometimes rolled out to express something that isn’t actually in the song. The song isn’t really about heroes. It isn’t even really…
I thought I’d post a video of David Byrne, along with Kimbra (who I don’t know) singing “Fame,” at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, the year Bowie died, not the year Byrne inducted Bowie into the Hall. …
I’ve recently been reading a compilation of interviews with David Bowie called, “Bowie on Bowie,” and learned something I didn’t know: Bowie co-produced Devo’s first album, “Are We Not Men.” Actually, it was Bowie and Brian Eno, and they did…